Dear Mr. President,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing  America ’s economy.  Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the “Patriotic Retirement Plan“:

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force.  Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire.  Forty million job openings – Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new American CAR.  Forty million cars ordered – Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage – Housing Crisis fixed.

It can’t get any easier than that!!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes…

Mr. President, while you’re at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I’ll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!

If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.

So here is an Almanac (of sorts) around Social Media and adjacent technologies:

• Social Media has overtaken porn as the number one activity on the Web.
• Facebook has more than 250 million active users (more than 120 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day), Skype has 480 million, and PayPal has 75 million. (July 2009.)
• Facebook saw over 1 billion video views in June 2009. That’s still far less than that 1.2 billion YouTube sees every day, but it undoubtedly makes Facebook one of the top video sharing sites on the web. (Source: TechCrunch, July 2009.)
• Facebook is also the largest photo sharing site, with more than 10 billion photos uploaded as per February 2009 (source: TechCrunch). Flickr currently boasts 3,841,609,965 pics.
• 20 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. (Source: YouTube, May 2009.)
• Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) has 26 million members and Microsoft Xbox Live has 20 million members (Source: Reuters, August 2009.)
• The one-year old iTunes App Store has 75,000 applications with 1.5 billion downloads so far. (Source: Apple, July 2009.)
• The milestone of 1 billion iPhone apps downloads was reached in April of 2009, only 9 months after the app store launched (July 2008).
• 1 out of 8 couples that married in the US last year met via social media.
• Years to reach 50 million users: Radio (38 years), TV (13 years), Internet (4 years), iPod (3 years).
• The number of iPhone applications hit 1 billion in 9 months.
• If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia. Yet, some sources say China’s QZone is larger with over 300 million using their services (Facebook’s ban in China plays into this).
• A 2009 US Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students outperformed those receiving face-to-face instruction.
• 1 in 6 higher education students are enrolled in online curriculum.
• The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year-old females.
• Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé…In 2009, Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to incoming freshmen.
• The second largest search engine in the world is YouTube.
• Facebook users translated the site from English to Spanish via a Wiki in less than 4 weeks, at a cost of 0 USD to Facebook.
• 25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content.
• 34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands.
• 90% of people who can TiVo ads, do.
• 24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation, because consumers no longer search for the news, the news finds them.
• More than 1.5 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared on Facebook… daily.

Let’s take a step back and think on how this will transform the new generation and digital.

Thanks for the stats Kanishka.

Client:
Precision Pressure Cleaning

Phone:
561-707-6220

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com

Digital Complexion Announces New Client:Precsion Pressuer Cleaning

Digital Complexion a full service design firm based out of South Florida will provide programming services to build out a Wordpress CMS powered website for Precision Pressure Cleaning. Social marketing plug-ins will be added to help client automatically post news into all social web accounts.

Precision Pressure Cleaning specializes in commercial properties, with most work done after hours, so as not to disturb tenants and customers.

Their equipment removes chewing gum, sticky drink spills, most food grade and automotive stains; also washing away dirt, grime and other debris from trash receptacles, pilings, walls, benches and adjacent parking spaces and more; leaving a safe, fresh, and clean environment.

Digital Complexion is a professional services company, providing a comprehensive range of business services, products and solutions that help our clients grow and succeed by better managing their online presence and technology.

Offering services in the following categories:

• Web Development
• Internet Marketing
• Social Marketing
• Viral Marketing
• Print Design
• Digital Design

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com

I have been using paid services for online project management and recently did a post on a few of them. Well I have some good news on a great find. Manymoon.com is really a great tool and it is FREE! They do have a paid version. However, that is for SSL and larger storage.

What can you use the application for?

Manymoon.com is an online project collaboration tool. Built on a social networking model, the site offers a complete online project management tool that supports unlimited users. The easy to use web interface allows users to create projects, assign tasks and track progress. Members of a project can easily update others about what they are working on by creating a Bulletin. Members can view a summary of all the Bulletins for a given project to track the progress of other members assigned to the project. The site offers integration with Google Calendar – you can tie your tasks and deadlines to your Google Calendar from within the application, and Google Docs – you can upload documents to your project directly from Google Docs. The Manymoon site offers a convenient top menu bar for navigation. The entries on the menu bar include Home (a user can view a summary of their projects and tasks and view all of the Bulletins related to a project), Profile, Connections (other project members), Create Project and Create T

ask. When Create Project is selected, the user is prompted for a description and given the option to invite Connections to the project. Next, the user is prompted to Create one or more tasks and assign them to Connections. Once a project is created, a summary of all of its activity can be seen under My Projects on the user’s Home page.

What are the differences to other applications?

There are many competitors to Manymoon.com. They include Office Live Workspace and Basecamp. The main difference between Manymoon and the other online project management tools is the social networking model that Manymoon is built on. The Manymoon application has a social networking look and feel, with the Bulletin and Update features offering information in a format more similar to Twitter or Facebook than most project management tools. Both Office Live Workspace and Basecamp are more established and have many more users than Manymoon.

How does the application look and feel to use?

Manymoon has a very clean and uncluttered look. Navigation is intuitive and obvious, and page loads happen quickly. File uploads and downloads are also quick. The interface is very user friendly, with only a very small learning curve involved in using the site. There is no advertising displayed on the site.

How does the registration process work?

Registration for a basic account at Manymoon is free. The registration process asks for first and last name, email address and password. Validation of the email address is required. For premium membership payments, the site accepts PayPal only. PayPal accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards.

What does it cost to use the application?

A basic membership to Manymoon is free, and entitles the user to unlimited tasks, unlimited projects, unlimited users, Google Apps integration and document uploads. Storage space is limited to 5MB, however. There are two levels of premium membership available – Pro and Team. The Pro membership costs $5.00 per month per user and adds SSL encryption of data and up to 3GB of storage per user. The Team membership costs $10.00 per month and increases the storage limit to 5GB (shared by the team), and adds a custom logo display, a custom login page, and administrative tools.

Who would you recommend the application to?

Manymoon is recommended to anyone who could use a free or inexpensive project management tool that is easy to use. Small projects can be successfully managed using a free account, and prices are very reasonable for the premium memberships, which allow for much larger projects to be managed. The site is very easy to use, almost as responsive as a dedicated desktop application, and works well with Google Apps.

Manymoon Features

1. User can easily create unlimited projects and invite people to join
2. Tasks can be easily created and assigned to project members
3. Bulletin feature gives an overview of all of the project members’ progress
4. Integrates with Google Calendar and Google Docs
5. Small projects can be managed using a free account
6. Price for premium membership for larger projects is reasonable
7. The application and site are very responsive and easy to use

To enter, submit a picture showing the single best thing about your town, along with a title and a description of 1,000 characters or less describing why you chose that picture. There are three categories to choose from, Reasons To Visit, Events and Festivities, and Hometown History.

Judges are looking for originality, how the entry inspires others to visit, and whether the photo does a good job of showcasing the Town.

The grand prize is a party for the town you love, including a performance by the band “Love and Theft,” appearances by ABC daytime television stars, and more. The winner will also receive $10,000 cash for him- or herself. The prize is worth a total of $40,000.

Entry into the Single Best Town Contest is open to residents of the contiguous US aged 18 and above. Enter once before February 28, 2010.

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Basecamp – Web-based project management and collaboration tool by 37signals.Own description: “Trusted by millions, Basecamp is the leading web-based project management and collaboration tool. To-dos, files, messages, schedules, and milestones.”

Projectplace – Project collaboration service.Own description: “Efficient and user-friendly project collaboration through internet. Task management, document sharing, web-conferencing and more. Start a Free project!”

Ace Project – Project planning, collaboration and bug tracking tool by WebSystems.Own description: “Project management software, free bug tracking software, time tracking and timesheet, task scheduler, project tracking tool. Free web based software.”

Cyn.in – Online-collaboration service by Cynapse.Own description: “Cyn.in is a group collaboration software created by Cynapse. Cyn.in helps teams to build collaborative knowledge by sharing and discussing various forms of digital content within a secure, unified application that is accessible using a web based interf…”

Daptiv – Web-based project management and collaboration tool. Used to be called eProject.Own description: “Project Management Software That Is Essential To Increase Productivity & Streamline Communication – Daptiv.com”

Project Spaces – Online collaboration tool by Forum One Communications.Own description: “ProjectSpaces online workspace and project extranet makes online collaboration easy. Manage files, coordinate activities, share information, and communicate effectively.”

Teamspace – Online project collaboration.Own description: “Online groupware system for virtual teamwork, web based collaboration software“

Wrike – Online collaboration tool.Own description: “Wrike is web based project management software that gives you full visibility and control over your projects. With the help of our product you can do online project management, time tracking and project planning in the most effective way.”

Comindwork – Online project management and collaboration tool by NewtonIdeas.Own description: “Online Project Management Software Free and Tools: Project Management, Collaboration, Communication, Tracking – COMINDWORK”

iTeamwork Own description: “Offering a free online project management and task tracking application with e-mail notification.“

Planzone – Online project management and collaboration tool.Own description: “Planzone is a collaborative project management software that enables teams to collaborate by sharing to-dos, documents, wiki pages and schedules.”

Same-Page – Online project management and collaboration service.Own description: “Looking for online project management, collaboration, web calendar, document management, scheduling software and more! eStudio is a web-based software for dispersed workforces that allows you to centrally manage tasks, events and files.”

VisionProject – Issue tracking, helpdesk and collaboration tool and online service.Own description: “VisionProject is a web based tool for lean/agile and traditional project management, issue tracking, task tracking, bug tracking and customer support. Developed with simplicity in mind but still very powerful and efficient.”

Workspace – Online tools to manage various aspects of projects.Own description: “Requirements Management, Project Management Software, & More FREE”

Advanced Tier – Web-based software to manage Tasks, Issues, Resources, Timesheets and Expenses.Own description: “Advanced Tier’s Project Management System is a web-based solution and offers a unique set of features for complete Project Management and Tracking from start to finish.“

eDocsOnline – Workgroup collaboration service.Own description: “Secure online storage and document management system for businesses and individuals. Everything from online file storage to document sharing. Free online storage test drive.“

Software Planner – Application Lifecycle Management tool by Pragmatic Software.Own description: “Software Planner is an award winning application lifecycle management (ALM) tool designed to manage requirements, project deliverables, test cases, and defects. Download and try today.“

Web Information Center – Team collaboration tool by Pragmatic Software.Own description: “Web Information Center is a team portal that allows companies to manage their projects, customer relationships (CRM) and customer support issues.“

Client:
Chapman Creek

Address:
2701 North Marshall
Chapman,  KS   67431

Phone:
866-922-6630
Website:
http://www.chapmancreek.com/

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com

Digital Complexion Announces New Client: Chapman Creek

Digital Complexion a full service design firm based out of South Florida will provide programming services to upgrade current BV Commerce website for Chapman Creek in Chapman, Kansas.  DC will be working in .net framework and enhancing current website with a new payment gateway and adding functionality and features provided by the new install. After new enhancements have been made, DC will be creating a game plan for a rebuild of current design template and introduce social marketing concepts to better promote the new website.

Chapman Creek Outdoors LLC carries a full line of specialty fishing tackle and live bait. This line includes our own huge selection of bulk soft plastic baits including crappie tube jigs, bass tubes, craws and creature baits, stick baits and worms, grubs, jerk and swim baits, spoons, blade baits and a nice selection of anglers gifts. After numerous years of research and development we are pleased to announce that we have added a complete selection of warm water fly fishing tackle and tying supplies. This line was developed to accommodate all angling levels from the beginner to the seasoned fly fisher with emphasis on quality at a reasonable price. Products include warm water flies, fly line, fly rods, fly reels, fly fishing accessories and fly fishing instructional books and videos.

Digital Complexion is a professional services company, providing a comprehensive range of business services, products and solutions that help our clients grow and succeed by better managing their online presence and technology.

Offering services in the following categories:

• Web Development
• Internet Marketing
• Social Marketing
• Viral Marketing
• Print Design
• Digital Design

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com

No GPS
No Camera
No Multitasking
No OLED Screen
An extremely disappointing 256 MB of RAM!
No Additional Touch Gestures
No Videocalling/conferencing/iChat
No Handwriting recognition
No Wireless Syncing of File Management
A Very Low Resolution Display with 25% fewer PPPs than the iPhone or iPod Touch
No integrated TV antenna or Radio antenna
No Video Out
No OTA Sync With Apple TV or Servers To Stream Video
No Low Reflective Screen Mode for high contrast Ebook Reading that doesn’t hurt your eyes
Only 64 mbs of HDD space
No Gamepad attachment for Gaming With Physical Buttons/Tactile Feedback
No bluetooth, or ability to connect to a bluetooth mouse/keyboard
No RFID/IR to use it as a remote, or to tag it to yourself
No Replacable/Removable Batteries
No Flash support (no hulu.com)
No ability to connect to an extrernal hdd, or even an SDCard
A 1 Ghz processor that significantly slower than every single notebook on the market today, even the $199 ones.

The work involved in building the social websites will be as follows:

Set up:

1. Account setup (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)

2. Aggregating the accounts:

You can have blog post content automatically into the social accounts. There are a few ways to do this based on what accounts you have to use.

Example:

a. Facebook

Has a feature in notes that feeds in blog post when using Wordpress CMS.

b. LinkedIn

Has a built-in feature that feeds in blog posts when using Wordpress CMS.

c. Twitter

You can use www.ping.fm to deliver the post from your wordpress CMS to twitter. There also plug-ins for wordpress that can do this for you.

So for the main three accounts you have a few different options to go from and depending on the social marketing strategy you would work up a formula.

The one thing you need to make sure about is the campaigns do not overlap and have double post.

Monthly maintenance:

This would be based on the amount of post that need to be done a week. I have streamlined much of the process by using free tools such as ping.fm, hootsuite, twitterfeed. Content is always key. The more you produce, the more your site will be considered relevant and important to the search engines. The other kicker will be the inbound links which shows how many sites find your information more important then others.

To jump start a site’s traffic you will need to do social bookmarking. The social websites are a form of communicating a brand. Social bookmarking is a way of targeting the consumer and allowing them to promote and spread the brand. This will feed inbound links further making sure the site’s content is considered relative and important.

An account will have to be created for the following:

Main aggregator I use.

onlywire.com

Feeds to any of the following:

(Accounts will have to be created for each one)

Ask

Bebo

Bibsonomy

Blinklist

BookmarkSync

Connotea

Delicious

Digg

Diigo

Facebook

Fark

Faves

FriendFeed

Google Bookmarks

Hi5

Jumptags

LinkaGoGo

Mister Wong

Mixx

Multiply

MySpace

Newsvine

Plaxo

Plurk

Propeller

Reddit

Simpy

Slashdot

Spurl

Stumbleupon

Tumbl

Twitter

Yahoo Bookmarks

So the process of maintenance would be as follows:

1. Build Content

2. Add post and search engine optimize page.

3. Check social sites for posted materials.

4. Social Bookmark urls to various SBM sites with one tool 5. Analyze traffic and data with Google Analytics and Web developer tools provided by the search engines.

5. Last but not least (Monitor any type of feedback and follow up).

Blowing Rocks Marina
Address:
18487 US Highway 1,
Jupiter, FL 33469
(561) 746-3312
Get Directions

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com

Digital Complexion Announces New Client: Blowing Rocks Marina

Digital Complexion a full service design firm based out of South Florida will provide web design and programming services to Blowing Rocks Marina. DC has already built over 6 marina websites including Jib Marina located in Jupiter Island, a sister property of Blowing Rocks Marina. The website www.jibmarina.com already has top search engine results in any local search. DC will be securing even more ground for the parent company by provding the same effective build out that has has been proven successfull for the last 3 years. The new site will be equipped with enhanced animated graphics and content will be editable by a cost effective solution www.cushycms.com.

Blowing Rocks Marina is located directly on the Intracoastal Waterway in remarkable Tequesta, Florida. This beautiful facility boasts a pleasant casual setting with a breathtaking view of Jupiter Island. Blue water, a calm breeze, and a relaxed atmosphere are just the beginning of what this amazing facility has to offer. Easy access to the Jupiter Inlet can be found via a quick run South, or enjoy the lush landscape and fantastic homes of Jupiter Island, Hobe Sound, and Stuart just due North on the Intracoastal Waterway. Wet slips and dry storage is available for boats up to 70 feet. A 100′ floating fuel dock provides both gas and diesel fuel at competitive prices. Pumpout service is also available.

Digital Complexion is a professional digital design company, providing a comprehensive range of business services, products and solutions that help our clients grow and succeed by better managing their online presence and technology.

Offering services in the following categories:

• Web Development
• Internet Marketing
• Social Marketing
• Viral Marketing
• Print Design
• Digital Design

Media Contact:

Judd Dunagan
CEO
Digital Complexion, Inc.
Business Phone: 561-254-5990
E-mail: judd@digitalcomplexion.com